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  〃By　the　Hellendorf…Hennersdorf　side；　in　the　wastes　where　Gottleube　Brook　gathers　itself；　Browne　might　have　a　chance。　There；　on　that　southeast　corner　of　their　Camp；　were　he　once　there　to　attack　the　Prussians　from　without；　while　the　Saxons　burst　up　from　within；　there；〃　thinks　a　good　judge；　〃is　much　the　favorablest　place。　But　unless　Browne's　Army　had　wings；　how　is　it　ever　to　get　there？　Across　those　Metal…Mountain　ranges；　barred　by　Keith：by　Aussig；　with　the　rocks　overhanging　Elbe　River　and　him；　he　cannot　go　in　auy　case。　Were　there　no　Keith；　indeed　（but　there　always　is；　standing　ready　on　the　spring）；　one　might　hold　to　leftward；　and　by　stolen　marches；　swift；　far　round　about！
  〃By　Schandau　region；　north　side　of　the　Elbe；　is　Browne's　easiest；　and　indeed　one　feasible；　point　of　approach；no　Prussians　at　present　between　him　and　that；　the　road　open；　though　a　far　circuit　northward　for　Browne；were　he　to　cross　the　Elbe　in　Leitmeritz　circle；　and　march　with　velocity？　That　too　will　be　difficult；　nearly　impossible　in　sight　of　Keith。　And　were　that　even　done；　the　egress　for　the　Saxons；　by　Schandau　side；　is　through　strait　mountain　gorges；　intricate　steep　passes；　crossings　of　the　Elbe：　what　force　of　Saxons　or　of　Austrians　will　drive　the　Prussians　from　their　redoubts　and　batteries　there？〃　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　iv。　86；　93；　96。＇
  Browne's　problem　is　none　of　the　feasiblest：　but　his　orders　are　strict；　〃Relieve　the　Saxons；　at　all　risks。〃　And　Browne；　one　of　the　ablest　soldiers　liviug　（〃Your　Imperial　Majesty's　best　general；〃　said　the　dying　Khevenhuller　long　since）；　will　do　his　utmost　upon　it。　Friedrich　does　not　think　the　enterprise　very　dangerous；　beating　of　Keith　the　indispensable　preliminary　to　it；　but　will　naturally　himself　go　and　look　into　it。
  Tuesday；　September　28th；　Friedrich　quits　Pirna　Country　by　the　Prag　Highway；　making　due　inspection　of　his　Posts　as　he　goes　along；　and；　the　outmost　of　these　once　past；　drives　rapidly　up　the　Mountains；　gets；　with　small　escort；　through　Peterswalde　on　to　Johnsdorf　that　night。　Does　not　think　this　Keith　position　good；　breaks　up　this　〃Camp　of　Johnsdorf〃　bodily　next　morning；　and　marches　down　the　Mountains；　direct　towards　Browne；　who；　we　hear；　is　about　crossing　the　Eger　（his　Pontoons　now　come　at　last）；　and　will　himself　be　on　the　advance。　From　Turmitz；　a　poor　mountain　hamlet　in　the　hollow　of　the　Hills；　which　is　head…quarters　that　night；　the　march　proceeds　again；　Friedrich　with　the　vanguard；　Army；　I　think；　on　various　country…roads；　on　both　hands；　till　all　get　upon　the　Great　Road　again；Prag…Toplitz…Dresden　Post…road；　which　is　called；　specially　in　this　part　of　it；　and　loosely　in　whole；　〃The　Pascopol；〃　and　leads　down　direct　to　Budin　and　Browne。
  〃A　'Pascopol'　famed　in　military　annals；〃　says　our　Tourist。　〃It　is　a　road　with　many　windings；　many　precipitous　sweeps　of　up　and　down；　road　precipitous　in　structure；offers　views　to　the　lover　of　wild　Nature：　huge　lonesome　Hills　scattered　in　the　distance；　waste　expanses　nearer　hand；　and　futile　attempts　at　moorish　agriculture；　but　little　else　that　is　comfortable。　In　times　of　Peace；　you　will　meet；　at　long　intervals；　some　post…vehicle　struggling　forward　under　melancholy　circumstances；　some　cart；　or　dilapidated　mongrel　between　cart　and　basket；　with　a　lean　ox　harnessed　to　it；　and　scarecrow　driver；　laden　with　pit…coal；which　you　wish　safe　home；　and　that　the　scarecrow　were　getting　warmed　by　it。　But　in　War…time　the　steep　road　is　livelier；　the　common　Invasion　road　between　Saxony　and　Bohemia；　whole　Armies　sweeping　over　it；　and　their　thousand…fold　wagons　and　noises　making　clangor　enough。　。。。　One　of　those　Hollows；　on　the　Pascopol；　is　Joachimsthal；　with　its　old　Silver　Mines；　yielding　coins　which　were　in　request　with　traders；　the　silver　being　fine。　'Let　my　ducat　be　a　Joachimsthal　one；　then！'　the　old　trader　would　say：　'a　JOACHIMSTHAL…ER；'　or；　for　brevity；　a　'THAL…ER；'　whence　THALER；　and　at　last　DOLLAR　（almighty　and　otherwise）；now　going　round　the　world！　＇Busching；　　Erdbeschreibung；　　v。　178。＇　Pascopol　finishes　in　Welmina　Township。　From　the　last　hamlet　in　Welmina；　at　the　neck　of　the　last　Hill；　step　downward　one　mile；　holding　rather　to　the　left；　you　will　come　on　the　innocent　Village　of　Lobositz；　its　poor　corn…mills　and　huckster…shops　all　peaceably　unknown　as　yet；　which　is　soon　to　become　very　famous。〃
  The　Country…roads　where　Friedrich's　Army　is　on　march；　I　should　think；　are　mostly　on　the　mounting　hand。　For　here；　from　Turmitz；　is　a　trough　again；　though　the　last　considerable　one；　and　on　the　crest　of　that；　we　shall　look　down　upon　the　Bohemian　Plains　and　the　grand　Basin　of　the　Elbe；through　various　scrubby　villages　which　are　not　nameworthy；　through　one　called　Kletschen；　which　for　a　certain　reason　is。　Crossing　the　shoulder　of　Kletschenberg　（HILL　of　this　Kletschen）；　which　abuts　upon　the　Pascopol；yonder　in　bright　sunshine　is　your　beautiful　expansive　Basin　of　the　Elbe；　and　the　green　Bohemian　Plains；　revealed　for　a　moment。　Friedrich　snatches　his　glass；　not　with　picturesque　object：　〃See；　yonder　is　Feldmarschall　Browne；　then！　In　camp　yonder；　down　by　Lobositz；　not　ten　miles　from　us；＇it　is　most　true；　Browne　marched　this　morning；　long　before　the　Sun；　crossed　Eger；　and　pitched　camp　at　noon＇　Good！〃　thinks　Friedrich。　And　pushes　down　into　the　Pascopol；　into　the　hollows　and　minor　troughs；　which　hide　Browne　henceforth；　till　we　are　quite　near。
  Quite　near；　through　Welmina　and　a　certain　final　gap　of　the　Hills；　Friedrich　with　the　vanguard　does　emerge；　〃an　hour　before　sunset；〃　overhanging　Browne；　not　above　a　mile　from　the　Camp　of　Browne。　A　very　large　Camp；　that　of　Browne's；　flanked　to　right　by　the　Elbe；　goes　from　Sulowitz；　through　Lobositz；　to　Welhoten　close　on　Elbe；　and　has　properties　extremely　well　worth　studying　just　now！　〃Friedrich〃　the　Books　say；　〃bivouacs　by　a　fire　of　sticks；〃　short　way　down　on　the　southern　slope　of　the　Hill；　and　till　sunset　and　after；　has　eye…glass；　brain；　and　faculties　and　activities　sufficiently　occupied　for　the　rest　of　the　night；his　Divisions　gradually　taking　post　behind　him；　under　arms；　〃not　till　midnight；　the　very　rearmost　of　them。〃　＇〃Tuesday；　28th　September；　left　the　Camp　at　Sedlitz；　with　8　battalions　20　squadrons；　to　Johnsdorf：　29th；　to　Turmitz；Browne　is　to　pass　the　Eger　tomorrow。　From　the　tops　of　the　Pascopol　（30th）；　SEE　an　Austrian　Camp　in　the　Plain　of　Lobositz。　Vanguard　bivouacs　in　the　'neck'　of　the　two　Hills　or　a　little　beyond。〃　PRUSSIAN　ACCOUNT　OF　CAMPAIGN　1756　（in　　Gesammelte　Nachrichten；　i。　844…845；　840…858）；　Anonymous　of　Hamburg；　&c。　&c。＇
  Chapter　VI。
  BATTLE　OF　LOBOSITZ。
  Welmina；or　Reschni…Aujest；　last　pertinent　of　Welmina　（but　we　will　take　Friedrich's　name　for　it）；　offers　to　the　scrutinizing　eye　nothing；　in　our　day；　but　some　bewildered　memory　of　〃Alte　Fritz〃　clinging　obstinately　even　to　the　Peasant　mind　thereabouts。　A　sleepy　littery　place；　some　biggish　haggard　untrimmed　trees；　some　broken…　backed　sleepy…looking　thatched　houses；　not　in　contact；　and　each　as　far　as　might　be　with　its　back　turned　on　the　other；　and　cloaked　in　its　own　litter　and　privacy。　Probably　no　human　creature　will　be　visible；　as　you　pass　through。　Much　straw　lying　about；　chiefly　where　the　few　gaunt　trees　look　down　on　it　（cattle　glad　of　any　shelter）：　in　fact；　it　is　mainly　an　extinct　tumult　of　straw；　nothing　alive；　as　you　pass；　but　a　few　poor　oxen　languidly　sauntering　up　and　down；　finding　much　to　trample；　little　to　eat。　The　Czech　Populations　（were　it　not　for　that　〃Question　of　the　Nationalities〃）　are　not　very　beautiful！
  Close　south　of　this　poor　Hamlet　is　a　big　Hill；　conspicuous　with　three　peaks；　quite　at　the　other　base　of　which；　a　good　way　down；　lies　Lobositz；　the　main　Village　in　those　parts；　a　place　now　of　assiduous　corn…mill　and　fruit　trade；　and　one　of　the　stations　on　the　Dresden…Prag　Railway。　This　Hill　is　what　Lloyd　calls　the　Lobosch；　＇Major…General　Lloyd；　　History　of　the　late　War　in　Germany；　　1756…1759　（3　vols。　4to；　London；　1781）；　i。　2…11。＇　twin　to　which；　only　flatter；　is　Lloyd's　〃Homolka　Hill〃　（Hill　of　RADOSTITZ　in　more　modern　Plans　and　Books）。　Conspicuous　Heights；　and　important　to　us　here；though　I　did　not　find　the　Peasants　much　know　them　under　those　names。　By　the　southern　shoulder　of　this　Lobosch　Hill　runs　the　road　from　Welmina　to　Lobositz；　with　branches　towards　many　other　villages。　To　your　right　or　southern　hand；　short　way　southward；　rises　the　other　Hill；　which　Lloyd　calls　Homolka　Hill；　the　gap　or　interval　between　Homolka　and　Lobosch；　perhaps　a　furlong　in　extent；　is　essentially　the　PASS　through　those　uplands。　This　pass；　Friedrich；　at　the　first　moment；　made　sure　of；　filling　the　same　with　battalions；　there　to　bivouac。　He　likewise　promptly　laid　hold　of　the　two　Hills；　high　Lobosch　to　his　left；　and　lower　Homolka　to　right；　which　precautionary　measure　it　is　reckoned　a　fault　in　Browne　to　have　neglected；　that　night；　fault　for　which　he　smarted　on　the　morrow。
  From　this　upland　pass；　or　neck　between　the　two　Mountains；　Friedrich's　battalions　would　have　had　a　fine　view；　had　the　morning　shone　for　them：　Lobositz；　Leitmeritz；　Melnick；　a　great　fertile　Valley；　or　expanse　of　fruitful　country；　many　miles　in　breadth　and　length；　Elbe；　like　a　silver　stripe；　winding　grandly　through　the　finest　of　all　his　countries；　before　ducking　himself　into　the　rock…　tumults　of